The Man Who Would Be King

The Man Who Would Be King

1975 | 2h 9m | Drama, Action | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

Sean Connery and Michael Caine star in this epic adventure as two British soldiers who venture into Kafiristan seeking to become tribal kings, unaware of the deadly consequences of being revered as gods.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

John Huston

CAST

Sean Connery

Michael Caine

Christopher Plummer

Saeed Jaffrey

Shakira Caine

Albert Moses

Larbi Doghmi

PRODUCERS

John Foreman

WRITERS

John Huston

Gladys Hill

Rudyard Kipling

Related Videos

03:43
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Don't You Know Me?
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Following the credits, chilling first scene from director John Huston, Michael Caine as "Peachy Carnehan" visiting Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer, playing the author of the original story), in The Man Who Would Be King, 1975.
03:19
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Two Englishmen Left Over
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Clever scene, not from the Rudyard Kipling novella, adventurers Carnehan (Michael Caine, also narrating) and Dravot (Sean Connery) encounter five Afghan tribesmen, in their journey toward Kafiristan, in John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, 1975.
03:34
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Your Lodge Brothers
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Christopher Plummer as correspondent Rudyard Kipling, the author inserted into the story by director John Huston, explains to an Indian colonial official (Jack May) why hes helping arrested fellow Freemasons Carnehan and Dravot (Michael Caine, Sean Connery), in The Man Who Would Be King, 1975.
04:12
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Dear Me Alas By Jove
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Dravot (Sean Connery) and Carnehan (Michael Caine) have reached (imaginary) Kafiristan and saved members of one tribe from raiders of another, planning to be greeted as heroes, meeting Billy Fish (Saeed Jaffrey) and Oohta (Doghmi Larbi), in John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, 1975.
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Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Alexander Who?
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Newsman and fellow Freemason Kipling (Christopher Plummer) baffled, as Peachy (Michael Caine) and Danny (Sean Connery) lay out their plan to become kings of Kafiristan, at his office in Lahore, colonial India, ca. 1870, in John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King, 1975.

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